Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Jona

Gender

Male

Origin

Hebrew
God is gracious

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Jona

Pronunciation

j(o)-na

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #4055, 26 births); most recent 2025 (rank #6446, 13 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1964 (rank #1495, 57 births); most recent 2025 (rank #13208, 6 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025136
2024269
20232319
20222111
20211414
20202518
20192310
20181713
2017169
2016166

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2017 (rank #3041, 6 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4970, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2017 (rank #4761, 4 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
20253–
20244–
20233–
20225–
20214–
20203–
20194–
20184–
201764
20166–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #1978, 14 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2230, 11 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2015 (rank #3651, 6 births); most recent 2021 (rank #4588, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
202311–
202214–
202184
20209–
20197–
20189–
201710–
20169–
201556
20149–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence